Hand-For-Hand Play Begins

In Level 22 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "anthonely" was just eliminated from the tournament to bring the number of players in the field down to 17, just two away from the money to bring about the beginning of hand-for-hand play.

Shortly after the beginning, both Ryan "TheSims" Hohner and Ross “Thehebrewhammer” Gottleib found doubles. Then, Mike “IIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman got their stack into the middle in a blind-versus-blind situation preflop in the small blind against "pay4medsch00l" in the big blind.

Mike “IIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman:
"pay4medsch00l":

Haberman was flipping for his tournament life and was ahead on both the flop and turn . Unfortunately for him, the river turned the tides and became the last card of his tournament life, bringing the field down to 16 as the official money bubble has arrived.